Music-leaf turner.



W. DEFFENBAUGH.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 19, 1913.

1,104,638. Patented July 21, 1914.

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MUSIC LEAF TURNER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1913.

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WILLIAM DEFFENBAUGH, 0F WICI-IITA, KANSAS.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Serial No. 762,268.

Application filed April 1a, 1912.

the music leaf turner hereinafter fully described.

Upon the piano is the usual music rest or rack 6 on which the music leaf turner is sup- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLrAM Durrnucanon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vv ichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented ported. The music leaf turner comprises a new and useful Improvements in Music-Leaf two-part frame 7, the inner adjacent edges Turners, of which the following is a speciof its parts being connectedtogether through fication. the medium of hinges 8 whereby one part The invention relates to music leaf turncan fold inwardly toward the other. Mounters, and more particularly to the class of ed at the upper top edges of both parts of the frame 7 are clamps or clips 9 in which are adapted to be engaged the cover sections 10 of a music book or the like.

Mounted in the frame in alinement with the hinge joints 8 thereof is a sleeve or tube 11 which is formed at its upper end with an arm 12 at right angles thereto, the same being provided with a. clamp or clip 13 which engages one of the leaves 14 of the music book or the like, while rotatably mounted in the sleeve or tube 11 is a turning rod 15, the ends of which project beyond the said sleeve or tube 11 and at the uppermost end of this rod is an arm 16 carrying a clamp or clip 17 wni 11 engages with the other leaf 1 1 of the music, the sleeve or tube 11 and the rod 15 being operated in a manner presently described.

Formed on the lower ends of the sleeve or tube 11 and the rod 15 are diametrically opposed wings 18 which are adapted to be manually operated for the turning of the said tube or rod whereby the leaves 14 of the music can be successively turned by an operator when playing upon the piano or other instrument. When the music leaf turner is not in use the same can be folded whereby it may be carried by a person from one point to another, the music being held therein *hen in folded condition for convenience. The outer lower corners of the two parts of the frame are provided with clips 19 in which are detachably engaged the cover sections of the music, while the upper edges of said sections are engaged in the clips 17 so as to hold the cover sections smooth and prevent the closing of the music during the turning of its leaves.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore more extended explanation has been omitted.

hat is claimed is A music leaf turner comprising two boardlike sections, pintle eyes formed on the secmanually operated music leaf turners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of music leaf turn-er wherein the leaves of a piece of music may be successively turned in a simple and convenient manner so as to obviate the necessity of handling each sheet by the operator when playing the piano.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a music leaf turner wherein the music can be readily and conveniently clamped so that each leaf thereof can be turned easily and quickly without the necessity of the operator fingering the leaves for the turning thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a music leaf turner which is extremely simple in construction, capable of being mounted upon the music rest or rack of a piano, organ or other instrumei'it, and also one which is thoroughly reliable and eflicient in its purpose and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the construction, com.- bination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing z-Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a piano showing the music leaf turner constructed in accordance with the invention mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the music leaf turner removed from the piano. Fig. 3 is a top edge view thereof. Fig. l is a side elevation showing the music leaf turner folded. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2'. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-45 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 3 designates a portion of a piano, which is merely shown to illustrate the mountlng of shaft being rotatable in the eyes, a second shaft rotatably mounted Within the hollow shaft, the last-named shaft being longer than the hollow shaft, arms formed at the upper ends of the shafts, winged nuts on the 1.0 other ends of the said shafts, inverted U- shaped clips integral with the free ends of the said arms, and means on the outer lower corners of said sections for engaging the cover sheets of music.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature is in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM DEFFENBAUGH. lVitnesses AGNES DEFFENBAUGI-I, V. E. BROVVDER.

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. Washington, D. C. 

